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EP 0 619 718 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 19.10.1994 Bulletin 1994/42 (21) Application number: 92924146.0 (22) Date of filing: 27.10.1992

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 17/ 00( . ) A61F 2/ 06( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1992/009249 (87) International publication number: WO 1993/008743 (13.05.1993 Gazette 1993/12)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL SE (30) Priority: 28.10.1991 US 19910783645 (71) Applicant: KENSEY NASH CORPORATION Exton, PA 19341 (US)	(72) Inventors: KENSEY, Kenneth Chester Springs, PA 19425 (US) NASH, John Dowingtown, PA 19335 (US) (74) Representative: Shaw, Laurence  5th Floor, Metropolitan House, 1 Hagley Road, Edgbaston Birmingham B16 8TG Birmingham B16 8TG (GB)